A Clockwork Orange
Restored Edition
$23.93
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
13 January 2014
Summary
Fully restored edition of Anthony Burgess’ original text Edited by Andrew Biswell With a Foreword by Martin Amis
Fifteen-year-old Alex likes lashings of ultraviolence. He and his gang of friends rob, kill and rape their way through a nightmarish future, until the State puts a stop to his riotous excesses. But what will his re-education mean?
A dystopian horror, a black comedy, an exploration of choice, A Clockwork Orange is also a work of exuberant invention which cre…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141197531 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141197536 |
| Author: | Anthony Burgess, Andrew Biswell, Martin Amis |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 13 January 2014 |
| Weight: | 224g |
| Dimensions: | 179mm x 109mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
You Can Find This Book In
What They're Saying
Critics Review
A terrifying and marvellous book
A terrifying and marvellous book – Roald Dahl
Still delivers the shock of the new … a red streak of gleeful evil – Martin Amis
About The Author
Anthony Burgess
Anthony Burgess was born in Manchester in 1917 and educated at Xaverian College and Manchester University. He spent six years in the British Army before becoming a schoolmaster and colonial education officer in Malaya and Brunei. After the success of his Malayan Trilogy, he became a full-time writer in 1959. His books have been published all over the world, and they include The Complete Enderby, Nothing Like the Sun, Napoleon Symphony, Tremor of Intent, Earthly Powers and A Dead Man in Deptford. Anthony Burgess died in London in 1993.
Andrew Biswell is the Professor of Modern Literature at Manchester Metropolitan University and the Director of the International Anthony Burgess Foundation. His publications include a biography, The Real Life of Anthony Burgess, which won the Portico Prize in 2006. He is currently editing the letters and short stories of Anthony Burgess.
Returns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.